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| Series I. Photograph albums, 1871-1956
105 Linear
Feet
(77 boxes) |
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Series I.B. Collectors' albums, 1937-1956
29 Linear
Feet
(21 boxes) |
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The large hardcover albums of fabric-backed pages, with one large mounted photograph
per page, illustrate the collections of some of Duveen's most important clients,
including Jules S. Bache, Robert H. and Evelyn Benson and Andrew W. Mellon. The
volumes also include views of the clients' estates, such as Cà d'Zan, John Ringling's
winter home in Sarasota, Florida, Henry E. Huntington's residence in San Marino,
California, and Edward T. Stotesbury's Whitemarsh Hall in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania.
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Arrangement |
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Arranged alphabetically by names of collectors. |
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| 37 |
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Jules S. Bache collection, undated
1
album
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Jules S. Bache collection
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Stamp: Underwood & Underwood. |
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| 38*-43* |
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Robert H. and Evelyn Benson collection, undated
5
albums
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Robert H. and Evelyn Benson collection
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The albums illustrate Robert H. and Evelyn Benson's collection of Italian
Renaissance paintings, which Duveen acquired in 1927 and which was authenticated by
Bernard Berenson. Extensive hand-written attributions by Berenson include
annotations such as "copy," "school of," and "follower of." There are instances in
which the original photograph was removed from the albums and replaced with a
photostat. In one case a photograph is noted as having been removed in 1937 and
given, along with a letter, to Kress. In one album, an envelope dated January 1956
contains duplicate photographs of Beccafumi's Martyrdom of
St. Lucy, which according to the inscription "... were made when Professor
Venturi wrote Mrs. Douglas for this and a Dosso Dossi Three
Ages of Man."
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| 44 |
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Godefroy Brauer collection, undated
1
album
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Godefroy Brauer collection
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| 45* |
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George J. Gould collection, undated
1
album
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George J. Gould collection
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The album illustrates works by Thomas Gainsborough, John Hoppner, Sir Thomas
Lawrence, and Sir Joshua Reynolds, and objects such as armor, bronzes, cameos,
ceramics, drawings, figurines, furniture, jewelry, and miniatures. Annotations
specify the destruction of objects in the collection by fire.
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| 46 |
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Mildred Browning Green collection, undated
1
album
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Mildred Browning Green collection
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| 47-48 |
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Henry E. Huntington collection, undated
2
albums
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Henry E. Huntington collection
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The hardcover album includes exterior and interior views of the property. |
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| 49 |
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Pictures and sculptures in the collection of Samuel H. Kress, undated
1
album
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Pictures and sculptures in the collection of Samuel H. Kress
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| 50 |
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Collection of Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, undated
1
album
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Collection of Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein
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| 51-53 |
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Andrew W. Mellon collection, undated
3
albums
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Andrew W. Mellon collection
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| 54 |
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Sir Hubert Parry collection: Italian school, undated
1
album
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Sir Hubert Parry collection: Italian school
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The hardcover album includes authentications by Bernard Berenson. |
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| 55 |
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John Ringling collection, undated
1
album
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John Ringling collection
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| 56* |
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Collection of Italian pictures of William Salomon, undated
1
album
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Collection of Italian pictures of William Salomon
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| 57 |
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Edward T. Stotesbury collection, undated
1
album
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Edward T. Stotesbury collection
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The hardcover album includes interior and exterior views of Whitemarsh Hall,
displaying the collection of paintings, sculptures and tapestries in situ.
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